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    Wired connections have just stoppped...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Sinico1234, Nov 8, 2009.

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    Sinico1234 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi people,

    Been trying to fix a problem for a few days now and have had no success. Was recently on XP and one day I couldn't get a wired connection with an Ethernet cable, granted wireless still works fine. Checked the device manager and the NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller and Coprocessor both have exclamation marks next to them. Tried reinstalling the NVIDIA one but it came up with 'Installation Failed' and an error, 'This device cannot start. (Code 10)'

    Recently just moved to Windows 7, not to try and solve the problem. Assumed with a clean install I wouldn't still have the problem. But yep... it's still there. Tried all the reinstalling. Strange thing is I can only ever see the wireless network in connection and networks and not LAN or Ethernet.

    Currently have a HP Pavilion dv6552ea. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pavilion-Media-Center-dv6552ea-Entertainment/dp/B000WDXUDY

    Sorry if I'm missing out some information, happy to answer any questions if people need it.

    Very confused about what has gone wrong and would appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction to getting this fixed.

    Thanks,
    Ian
     
    Sinico1234, Nov 8, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    first, do a full backup of ALL of your user data because the steps below have a small chance of rendering your machine unbootable.

    download all current drivers for your machine. Windows 7, 32 and/or 64 bit as appropo. Have these drivers expanded and available on a flash drive or CD-R as well as on your windows desktop.

    reset your machine bios to the factory defaults. make sure that the bios is at a recent level.

    in windows, remove all of the nvidia software, reboot.

    in windows, get into device manager, remove all greyed out devices ESPECIALLY the nvidia devices. click 'remove software' option if available. reboot.

    reinstall of the nvidia software STARTING with the chipset drivers, reboot between each driver package installation.
     
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    Sinico1234 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi yeah. I've reset the Bios.
    I've removed some NVidia drivers. But as far as any software, I don't know if there is any. Should I remove ALL Nvidia drivers (even things like PCI system management)? Because currently my device manager still looks the same, just coprocessor with an exclamation mark. No greyed out devices... =[
     
    Sinico1234, Nov 25, 2009
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